Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Auguste Chevalier (September 12, 1888 – January 1, 1972) was a French actor, singer, and popular entertainer. Chevalier’s signature songs included “Louise”, “Mimi”, and “Valentine”. His trademark was a boater hat, which he 
always wore on stage with his tuxedo.
In the early 1960s, he toured the United States and between 1960 and 1963 made eight films. One of those films, made in 1961, was the dramatic movie Fanny, in which he starred with Leslie Caron and Charles Boyer. This film was an updated version of Marcel Pagnol’s “Marseilles Trilogy.” In 1965, at 77, he made another world tour. In 1967 he toured in Latin America, again the US, Europe and Canada. The 
following year, on October 1, 1968, he announced his farewell tour.
In 1970, he sang the title song of the Disney film The Aristocats.
Maurice Chevalier died in Paris, on January 1, 1972, aged 83, and was interred in the cemetery of Marnes-la-Coquette in Hauts-de-Seine, outside Paris, France.
Chevalier has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1651 Vine Street.
